chapter 4 - sounds patterns of language

Question 1

what is phonology?

Answer 1

the study of sound patterns that occur within languages

Question 2

what are natural features in phonology?

Answer 2

set of phonemes in a language that share certain distinctive features

Question 3

what are allophones (natural sets)?

Answer 3

• the sounds the “t” are what make allophones
• they are considered to be the same
• ex: hit, tip, & little

Question 4

what are minimal pairs ?

Answer 4

they are distinct words in a language which differ in only one or limited number phonological elements

like if there are 2 two words in a set = its a minimal pair

Question 5

what are minimal sets?

Answer 5

minimal sets are groups of words that are all the same except for one sound

ex. big, pig, rig, fig, dig, wig

Question 6

syllables - what are onset, rhyme, nucleus/coda ?

Answer 6

• onset’s = there’s segments that come before the nucleus called onset
• if there are segments after the nucleus = that’s called coda
• when the nucleus and coda come together its forms a rhyme
• nucleus + coda = rhyme